Jale - All Ready

What this video is

Released in 1996 as the lead single from Jale's second and final album *So Wound* (Sub Pop Records), 'All Ready' emerged at the tail end of the Halifax Pop Explosion — the mid-1990s East Coast Canadian indie rock phenomenon that drew international attention and Sub Pop's A&R interest. Jale, formed in 1992 by four art school students, were among the scene's most critically noted acts, contemporaries of Sloan and The…

Why it matters

Jale occupies a key node in the genealogy of Canadian indie and power pop. As one of the first two Canadian bands signed to Sub Pop (alongside Eric's Trip), they bridged the Seattle-to-Halifax cultural corridor that briefly made Nova Scotia the most internationally scrutinized indie rock scene…